Offensive Security Engineer for AI Safety Red Team

Anthropic Limited; United States; Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic Limited is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to lead red team engagements and offensive security across cloud infrastructure and endpoints. You will simulate advanced threat actors, perform high-value penetration testing, and contribute to AI-driven security tooling.

The role requires strong engineering skills in Python or Go, and a track record of translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights for security roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming and offensive security operations.
• Deep expertise in at least two of: macOS security, Linux Security, Cloud security (GCP/AWS/Azure), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Track record of discovering novel attack vectors and chaining vulnerabilities creatively.
• Experience conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environments.
• Strong engineering skills (Python, Go, or similar).
• Ability to write clear findings that drive action, helping teams understand risk and prioritize fixes.
• Collaborative approach, working in close collaboration with the blue team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct red and purple team engagements simulating advanced threat actors across our cloud infrastructure, endpoints and bare metal deployments.
• Penetration test specific, high value deployments.
• Contribute to AI-assisted security testing tooling and workflows.
• Work cross functionally with other security and engineering teams, particularly on AI-specific attack scenarios.
• Document and present findings to technical and executive audiences, translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights that inform security roadmaps.

Skills

Red teaming

Offensive security

Python

Go

macOS security

Linux security

Cloud security (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

Anthropic Limited is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to lead red team engagements and offensive security across cloud infrastructure and endpoints. You will simulate advanced threat actors, perform high-value penetration testing, and contribute to AI-driven security tooling.

The role requires strong engineering skills in Python or Go, and a track record of translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights for security roadmaps.